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Swedish progressive goth/death metallers THE PROVENANCE will release their third full-length effort, "How Would You Like To Be Spat At", in January via Italy's Scarlet Records. The 53-minute follow-up to 2003's "Still At Arms Length" was recorded at Gesperrt Studios over a two-month period and is said to contain ten "brutally honest and rigid songs." ...

In a recent interview with Germany's WDR.de, VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan (ex-GUNS N' ROSES) revealed that he shared a flight from Los Angeles to Seattle with the late NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain only hours prior to Cobain's decision to take his own life in April 1994. Commented McKagan: "I was actually probably the last ...

Norwegian extreme metallers INSENSE have inked a deal with Black Balloon Records. The group's sophomore album, "Soothing Torture", is scheduled for release in early 2005. INSENSE have been around since 1999 and released their debut album on U.S. label This Dark Reign in 2002. "Soothing Torture" track listing: 01. Helplessness 02. Making Up for Lost ...

California death grinders MUMMIFICATION have signed a two-album contract with Brutalized Records. The first CD, "Runes of Blood", will be out in January of 2005 and will feature nine "brutal tracks of original death grind mayhem," according to a press release. The album will be recorded and engineered by Juan Urteaga of the band VILE ...

Israeli metallers BETZEFER have posted a video for the track "Downlow" at their official web site. Also available for download is an MP3 of the song "Early Grave". Both tracks come off the band's recently completed album, which was recorded at CCR Studio in Belgium. Mixing duties were handled by Tue Madsen (THE HAUNTED, MNEMIC, ...

San Francisco-based rockers AMERICAN HEARTBREAK, featuring ex-JETBOY guitarist Billy Rowe and former EXODUS bassist Mike Butler, will be supporting RICHIE SCARLET on four Northern California dates beginning on October 27 at The Pound SF in San Francisco. Richie Scarlet is known affectionately as "The Emperor of Rock" and has played with FREHLEY'S COMET (feturing original ...

Norwegian black metallers KOLDBRANN have signed a contract with the German record- and distribution company Twilight-Vertrieb. Twilight-Vertrieb will re-issue the group's long-sold-out debut album, "Nekrotisk Inkvisition", on CD and LP as well as release the band's next full-length album, tentatively scheduled for 2005. The release date for "Nekrotisk Inkvisition" is set for November 29. The ...

Reunited North Carolina-based progressive metallers CONFESSOR have made available for sale their recently recorded three-song demo, entitled "Blueprint Soul". The demo, which was recorded at Osceola studios in Raleigh with producer Dick Hodgin, contains the tracks "Blueprint Soul", "Sour Times" and "Hibernation". Audio samples and ordering information can be found at the group's official

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich recently spoke to The Boston Globe about the group's last studio album, "St. Anger", the "Some Kind of Monster Documentary" and the group's next studio release, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow: The Boston Globe: How has your new bassist, Rob Trujillo, been working out? He ...